Halloween Night

source: Halloween Night

If you haven't figured it out by the title, this is an Asylum mockbuster of the movie "Halloween". It is based on a true story, i.e. there was once a successful movie by the title of "Halloween". It seems they even borrowed the sound track. As a child Chris Vale (Scot Nery) witnessed the rape and murder of his mother (Jan Anderson). He becomes badly disfigured and enters a mental institution where he escapes and returns to his old neighborhood...and I think you know the rest. The opening scene after credits starts to introduce the young adults and future victims. The scene hits on the classic Asylum trifecta of Bad acting, Bad writing, and Bad directing. The beginning includes the token horror film lesbian scene, although not nearly as good as the one in "Wrong Turn 4". Thank you Amanda and Alicia for allowing those wonderful close-ups that omitted your face. I enjoyed the old time looking Gilmore gas pumps. Our killer is both psychotic and capable of reasonable thought as he goes to a Halloween party where he meets a bunch of nice party people and guys in Michael Myers' masks. The movie becomes a typical 80's style Roger Corman slasher with plenty of blood, gore, twists, and young topless girls. If your a Corman style fan, check it out. F-bomb, sex, rape, nudity (Jan Anderson, Amanda Ward, Stephanie Christine Medina, Alicia Klein, Erica Roby)

I have seen so many flicks coming out the hands of The Asylum and the latest were full of cheap CGI. Luckily, this one doesn't has any CGI. The effects used are done on-camera. So far so good, but there are still some problems. The story itself is a pure rip-off of Halloween (1978). A killer returns to town to do some killings on Halloween night. But just have a look toward the killer. He's a mixture between, Jason (Friday the 13th) and Michael (Halloween). But it's so easy to see that the burned face is just a mask. So on part of the make-up it's rather ridiculous. But what did surprise me for a Asylum flick is that it do has some gory shots with intestines being teared out and throats being sliced on-camera. Not only that, there is also a bit of juggs to see here and there and some lesbian love scenes. Some parts are boring and doesn't add a thing, others are word picking up. Not that bad at all for an Asylum flick. Gore 1/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

For The Asylum Halloween Night is not too bad, they have certainly done much worse. Even with that taken into account, Halloween Night is still not a good movie. There are some things that are done reasonably, some of the daylight scenes are shot nicely, the music is a good mix of jaunty and eerie, Scot Nery does bravely as the one character that we come close to rooting for and there are some gory and imaginative slasher death scenes(honourable mention must go to the hanger death which is just hilarious). There have been worse-looking movies from The Asylum, but the special effects are poorly rendered, the editing is sloppy for much of the movie and some scenes especially the first 10-15 minutes are really amateurishly shot. Chris Vale's make-up is appropriately hideous considering what happens to him, but he looks too much of a zombie and some have already said. The acting is pretty dire from almost everybody, Nery is the best of the lot but then we have Rebekah Kochan overacts her rather shallow character and Derek Osedach mumbles his way through his lines and not much else. The characters are exceedingly annoying and shallow with non-existent character development, the one exception is Chris Vale but he is not much different from similar characters from similar movies. The dialogue is dumb and just painful to listen to, making something like the worst Disney Channel movie seem like Casablanca comparatively. The story is even more of a problem, that it's mind-numbingly ridiculous, painfully predictable and deathly dull is one thing but we also have a complete lack of tension, thrills sense of horror/terror(mainly because of the characters' interactions and expressions being so blank) and suspense, situations and interactions are really contrived and implausible, and there is a heavy reliance on drawn-out done-to-death clichés that are marred even further by being played far too straight. The ending is inept in every way, and if you're finding it difficult to buy or swallow don't blame yourself, you won't be the only one. In conclusion, could have been worse but rather mediocre, not the terrifying story that the cover advertised. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Chris Vale witnesses a rape-murder as a child. He is disfigured at the time, and he's a bit unbalanced mentally as well. Fast forward to the present. There's a Halloween party being setup...at the house where the rape-murder occurred. There are intricate costumes, and authentic looking weapons. A young man and woman drive there. When they stop for petrol, the man goes to the rest room. Chris Vale (now a man, escaped from an insane asylum) overpowers him, kills him, puts on a leather mask, then goes to the car. The young woman does not figure it out, but his bad driving tells her there is something wrong. The killer hacks her up. Chris Vale gets to the party alone with a backseat full of steel weapons. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot. The film is high on slasher deaths, splatter, screams, and psychotic behavior. -----Scores----- Cinematography: 8/10 Excellent for daylight exteriors. A bit jerky on some of the darker interiors. Sound: 6/10 Did not expect the lag of lips versus voice, which makes it look like a bad Eastern European production made by/for the SyFy network. Acting: 4/10 Lots of non-actors in this one. Screenplay: 4/10 The dialog is terrible. I would have preferred a English subtitles and the spoken word in the first language of the screenwriter. As it is, the lines are stilted, and just not what one would expect from English speakers.

After gathering together for a party in the woods, a group of friends finds that the recently-escaped serial killer who used to live in the house has arrived at the house and begun killing them off one-by-one while being secretly disguised as one of them and must escape his bloodied clutches to get out of the house alive. This one ended up being a surprisingly decent slasher. One of the better features here is the fine early setup that gets everything going quite well. Providing the reasoning for not only his burned features but his murderous personality, there's a lot to like as well as the escape and resulting arrival at the party they're setting up. Managing to give a reason for how he got a fantastic mask with some fine surprise kills mixed in, this section features some fine early slasher scenes. From there, the idea of the masked killer working through the party undetected with his disguise as the party rages on gives this a solid ride. Although there was almost no suspense since the killer never stalked anyone and just seemed to show up randomly behind someone and then kill them, this format provides some cool murders as the large body-count is knocked off in grisly fashion. It relies mainly on the mistaken identity to setup its kills as no one realizes what's going on instead, giving this a lot to like. This one does have some pretty big flaws in it. One of the biggest drawbacks is the whole concept of the party being held since this group falls under the cliched genre trap of not being friends who would throw such a party. There's nothing about this bickering, self-centered and unfriendly group that suggests they're friends, especially with the entire premise of the prank pulled on everyone taken into consideration. This makes them insufferable, unlikable and rather obnoxious even after what they do earlier. The other factor here is a series of storyline issues that are highly illogical and outright annoying. Though the backstory makes the killer's rampage somewhat rational, the connection the kids' party feels illogical and improbable, much like the reaction to the escape which is all clumsy and ineptly handled. That leads into the pacing where it takes an eternity to start wiping people out since it tends to focus on the party more than the killing in the early parts, so it has a long build-up, but overall it's quite decent. Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language and a sex scene.

From Michael Gingold, the editor of Fangoria... You would think that Gingold, after viewing thousands of horror films, would know how to make a good movie. Now, granted, he did not direct it, he just wrote it... and granted, it does have a fair amount of gore. But he seems to have the same problem Rob Zombie does: he has seen so many films that he no longer has the ability to be original and can only steal from other (better) films. And why is the audio not synced up? Nothing makes a picture even worse than when lips do not match the words they speak. The visuals are alright, though, so I guess it is not a complete loss.

I thought this movie was a lame attempt at re-creating another Halloween movie...and after Rob Zombie screwed that up, we don't need another. I can't say that this movie was all THAT bad in its entirety, but it definitely doesn't stack up against any of the classic horror movies. The bloody affects weren't even realistic. And I could never understand why directors think that the key to a great horror/scary movie is to show as much blood and gore as possible. I love horror movies but I'm not into those that are so gory that they take all the focus away from the thrilling part of it. I gave this movie four stars because after it was all over, that's about what I felt it was worth. I wouldn't watch it again. Tho I must say the blonde who played Shannon is a pretty good actress...she was great in the Eating Out movies. She was about the only talented one in this movie...

When a friend of mine recently asked me to look round for some fun looking horror films,i,spotted a pretty good looking DVD cover to this film.Though now i have seen the film,i feel that it does not live up to what i was hoping to see from the cover.This is partly due to some of the worst shot slasher/killing scenes that i have seen in a while. The plot: A guy who has been held in a maximum-security prison for ten years,kills two guards and,decides to go back to his old house.Where as a kid,he saw his mum get brutally raped and murdered.But,unknowingly to him,in the ten years that he has been in jail for,the house has been turned into a place for students to have Halloween parties!. For this years party,one of the students is planning to scare everyone at the party,by having him and a few of his friends pretend that there is an insane killer on the loose in the area.When the real killer returns to his old house,the prank starts to go very,very wrong... View on the film: The first thing i have to highlight is the guy that played the troll,who blocks the entrance for the party goers,that injects some really good comedy moments into the film,with a fun performance.To my pleasant surprise,i actually enjoyed seeing the section of the film where the prank is played out.With the gun standoff being pretty entertaining.Sadly,the rest of the film seems to try every thing it can to crush any good horror moments out of the film,by having all the murder scenes,including the two creative ones (one involving a clothes hanger,and another with a seat belt.)being cut in a very badly done way,with the all the killings looking like they were filmed on a budget of 20p.The main thing that i was shocked about with the film,was how badly the story lines had been written,with parts of the plot making no sense at all (such as the "killer" being held in prison,even though everyone knows that he did not kill his mum,and there being no sense at all in the flashbacks of him killing anyone at all!!) Final view on the film: A film with some very badly made slasher scenes,and a poorly written plot.

What do Slasher films need to be good? Pretty simple. Cool looking slasher. No, rubber mask covered by dorky knight helmet. Nudity. Yes lots of that in this one. Real breasts too. Cute enough girls mostly, but hey at least even the not so cute ones look better naked. Acting. Well no, slasher films don't need it, but the best ones usually have at least one good actor to prove good acting still exists. No, no acting here. Scream Queen who can scream. No no good screamers here. You don't expect actors but ones who can at least look scared and girls who can scream. But that is beyond the ability of this movie to achieve. Seems like lots of improvising from one guy lots of mutter profanity. Blood, cool killings. Well, fair amount of blood, killings aren't too convincing or cool. A few moments about two actually but no spoilers here. Excitement. No none here however you define excitement, other than the nudity, oh there's a lesbian scene if you're still awake by then. Style. No no style here. Style over substance is a key element to these films. No style here to speak of. Logic, no slasher films don't need that and this one doesn't have any. 3 people get killed at a large party right in the doorway. The police arrive a bit after that and there is one kind of mild plot twist. Plot twist, well slasher films don't need those, this one has one, but that can't be counted in its favor. Anyway 3 people die and disappear from the story so the story can go on and on. Short running time. Yes this film is short but you sure won't know it unless you constantly look at your watch, which you will be doing especially if your DVD player is too far away to read those little numbers. Cool music either scary or hip or both. No almost no music here and it's all lousy. To wrap things up if you've seen Asylum movies in the past you probably have a lot of pent up rage at them. If you watched them all you've seen that about one in 5 is pretty good. This is not a pretty good one, nor is it their worst. Though you can't call it a near miss. I guess the final element is good direction that you need in a slasher film and this film definitely doesn't have that. Listless, there is not a memorable shot in the whole film and many unconvincing moments that ruin anything that might build to something. Mostly it has some degree of professionalism to it, until the end credits. The roll starts in a way that the credits vanish half way up the screen and then suddenly they all fill the screen. I Guess they couldn't be bothered to fix that, though they do bother to make them run real slow so they reach that shortest possible length a feature can be, well they actually come up a few seconds short. But it is 85 dullish minutes. But this approach to producing is like those things on the side of a cereal box that says "contents measured by weight" so you can't complain when the mashed to dust cereal only fills the bottom third of a large empty sealed plastic bag. That is too often the approach to movies from THE ASYLUM and it hampers the hell out of a possibly decent by the numbers script by Fangoria's Michael Gingold. The production left out most of the numbers as I've tried to spell out above.